it's morning and i'm hitting the road flat out and emo

Well I was already crying because I have to pack up and leave the retreat...

On the day of the best weather we've had so far...

And I just realized that my ring (the one that is not ridiculously significant in terms of where it came from**, but it's the one that I wear every single day) was lost somewhere yesterday sometime between dyeing class and now and could be who the fuck knows where....

And then Lorena sends me this:



...which is a total cry-frest.
(actually, I do love it...it's one of those emo-arent-people-just-the-best-thing-ever cries)

So I am now going to try to shrug it all off and start driving.
I have a nice evening pitstop tonight with friends and it will all be better.

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edited to add:
** Ok, it is significant. I only said that it is not because it's nothing fancy, came from Kohl's, and I picked it out myself. But. I had a ring that I wore on my left ring finger that I bought right after I had my car accident. It said, "Protect This Woman," on it (in other words, I sorta married myself LOL). I swore to never take it off. It was a bit of a talisman, eh? Nine months after the car accident I had to take it off to have a second surgery. I asked TheMostImportantGuy to wear it for me during the operation. He has had it ever since, and he wears it on the same finger. The ring I lost yesterday was two sterling bands that cross-cross, and it was what took the talisman's place. I bought it myself and it was under $30, but that aint the point. These two rings have us "lookin' like we belong together".
So this is a bummer.

***I also broke my sunglasses. Can I go home now? LOL